#B9783B#B9783B

#B9783B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9783B
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 59)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 19.76, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 47.35, 65.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0533 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.112 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5155, 24.0655, 7.3328)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9783B #3B7CB9

analogous

#B93B3D #B9783B #B9B73B

triadic

#B9783B #3BB978 #783BB9

tetradic

#B9783B #3DB93B #3B7CB9 #B73BB9

square

#B9783B #3DB93B #3B7CB9 #B73BB9

split-complementary

#B9783B #3BB9B7 #3B3DB9

monochromatic

#5C3C1D #8B5A2C #B9783B #CD9764 #DCB692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B9783B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B9783B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9783B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9783B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9783B	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9783b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f73',
    500: '#b9783b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9783b;
$custom-light: #d39f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9783b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.048,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9783B

secondary

#88A9C7

accent

#96DB4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9783B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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